National Property Inspections Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $41K – $55K
- Disclosed sales
- $122K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (9)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
National Property Inspections is a home-inspection franchise providing residential and commercial property inspections for buyers, sellers, and agents. Franchisees run an inspection business scheduling jobs, performing evaluations, and delivering reports.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A National Property Inspections franchise requires a total initial investment of $41K – $55K, including a $35K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $122K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored6 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $41K – $55K
- 23rd pct Real Estate
- Avg gross sales
- $122K
- 2nd pct Real Estate
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 57th pct Real Estate
- Units
- 194
- 67th pct Real Estate
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Real Estate · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Real Estate median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $41K – $55K including a $35K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $122K/year.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 66/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -9 franchised outlets in the latest year (5 opened, 14 closed); 6 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- National Property Inspections, Inc.
- Parent company
- NPI Holdings Ltd.
- FDD Item 1, page 7 of the 2025 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- FAX Capital Corp.
- FDD Item 1, page 7 of the 2025 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer and Director
- Graham Badun
- Incorporated in
- NE
- HQ
- 9375 Burt Street, Suite 201, Omaha, NE 68114
- Auditor
- AGSN, P.C.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $3.7M
- vs $4.3M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Graham Badun
- Headquarters
- NE
- Founded
- 1987
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 43
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 64% below the typical real estate franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $35K | $35K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $1K | $3K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $5K | $17K |
| Total initial investment | $41K | $55K |
Source: National Property Inspections 2025 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $41K – $55K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $1K – $3K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $35K – $35K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% |
| Technology fee | $600 |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 68% below the real estate norm.
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for National Property Inspections until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$50K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one National Property Inspections unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $122K
- Per unit, per year
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 152 outlets
- vs category median 53 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $14K→$1.1MNot cited — published from our reading of the franchisor's disclosure document; the page it is printed on has not been located.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2022
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2022
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 0 / 10 · above
Compared against 101 Real Estate brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $122K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 2.6x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 10.0% — above the Real Estate median of 7.5%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System roughly stable (+3.5% 3-year CAGR) with 194 units.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Real Estate medians
How National Property Inspections Compares
Category median of published Real Estate brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 194
- Opened
- 5
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 14
- Terminated
- 9
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 4
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 7.2%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -5.4%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +3.5%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 9
- Not renewed
- 4
- Signed, not yet open
- 6
- 0.03 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 14
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 44 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
186 current owners across 43 states; 14 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
- FL 20
- CA 15
- TX 15
- PA 13
- NC 8
- CO 7
- CT 6
- SC 6
- TN 6
- AZ 5
- MO 5
- OR 5
- +31 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 9 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 9
- Loan volume
- $1.1M
- Median loan
- $75K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (9)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 9 loans, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (9)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (9)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 7
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · AGSN, P.C.
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Item 21 (p54): the franchisor changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31 in 2024; Exhibit B holds National Property Inspections, Inc.'s own audited statements for the nine-month transition period April 1 - December 31, 2024 and the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, plus unaudited statements as of April 30, 2025 (auditor's report dated May 28, 2025, Omaha, Nebraska; the March 2024 and 2023 periods were audited by another auditor). Revenue and net income shown are the last full fiscal year, April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024: revenues $3,659,836, net loss $513,374 (p121); the nine-month transition period printed revenues $2,727,064 and a net loss of $108,883, and Item 8 (p22) puts calendar-2024 overall revenues at $3,753,882.01. Net worth $93,299, total assets $1,117,706 and liabilities $1,024,407 are the December 31, 2024 balance sheet (p120), the latest printed.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 66 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORUnit count declining 4.4% YoY (194 units) suggests system contraction and market saturation concerns
- 02MINORRoyalty structure with $300-$500 minimum monthly creates fixed cost floor regardless of revenue performance
- 03MINORAverage revenue of $122k against 8% royalty ($9,786/yr) plus minimum fees ($3,600-$6,000/yr) leaves thin margin for expenses
- 04MEDNo litigation disclosed but declining unit base suggests possible franchisor-franchisee disputes or operational issues
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 10.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | NE |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 113 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 40 hrs
- Training location
- Corporate Office, Omaha, NE
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Horizon
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Horizon
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
200 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a National Property Inspections franchise?
The total investment to open a National Property Inspections franchise ranges from $41K – $55K, with an initial franchise fee of $35K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do National Property Inspections franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the National Property Inspections FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $122K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns National Property Inspections?
National Property Inspections is franchised by National Property Inspections, Inc.. Its parent company is NPI Holdings Ltd.. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is FAX Capital Corp.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the National Property Inspections FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the National Property Inspections FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is National Property Inspections's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for National Property Inspections (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many National Property Inspections franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, National Property Inspections has 194 total units in the United States, including 194 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 5 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is National Property Inspections a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates National Property Inspections as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 66 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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